SnowPro Advanced: Architect (ARA-C01) Certification Training Course

Upon completing Accumentum’s SnowPro Advanced: Architect (ARA-C01) Certification Training Course, you will be prepared to schedule the official Snowflake ARA-C01 exam ($375 per attempt). The SnowPro Advanced: Architect Certification validates advanced knowledge and skills used to apply comprehensive architect solutions using Snowflake.

Snowflake lists the ARA-C01 exam at 65 questions in 115 minutes. Question types are multiple select, multiple choice and interactive. The exam is offered in English, Japanese, and you can take it online with a proctor or at a testing center.

The passing score is 750 on a scaled score from 0 to 1000. Snowflake notes that an exam may include unscored items used to gather statistics. They aren't marked, they don't count toward your score, and Snowflake builds in extra time for them.

The published domain weights are 1.0 Accounts and Security (25%), 2.0 Snowflake Architecture (30%), 3.0 Data Engineering (25%), 4.0 Performance Optimization (20%).

Registration is $375 per attempt. Snowflake lists SnowPro Core certification as a prerequisite for this exam.

Architect fits data architects, solutions architects and senior data engineers who design how data moves through Snowflake, from source to consumption, and who make the security and sharing calls. For a pay reference, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the May 2025 median annual wage for computer network architects at $134,050. That is a national midpoint, and location, experience and employer all move it. Source: BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook.

Paying on your own? This course is eligible for PathPay, our monthly payment plan. Terms of 3, 4 and 6 months carry no added fee. 9, 12 and 18 month terms add 5%, 10% and 15%. Questions about funding or class dates? Email info@accumentum.net.

Snowflake describes the SnowPro Advanced: Architect exam as one that tests your ability to design an end-to-end data flow from source to consumption using the Snowflake Platform, design and deploy a data architecture that meets business, security, and compliance requirements, select appropriate Snowflake and third-party tools to optimize architecture performance and design and deploy a shared data set using the Snowflake Marketplace and Data Exchange. Those are Snowflake's own words, and our lessons are built around each of them.

On the candidate side, Snowflake says: 2 or more years of hands-on experience with Snowflake as an Architect in a production environment. In addition, successful candidates may have coding experience outside of SQL and DevOps/DataOps design experience. If you're short of that, tell us before class and we'll suggest where to start.

The $375 fee is the standard U.S. price. Snowflake charges $300 for candidates testing in India, and the fee applies to every attempt, retakes included. There are no free retakes or retake discounts.

Snowflake allows a maximum of four attempts at the same exam in any 12 month period, with a mandatory 7 day wait between attempts, including the first retake.

You can reschedule up to 24 hours before a test center appointment, or any time before an online appointment. Snowflake caps reschedules at four, and after that you cancel and register again. Miss your slot and you lose the fee or voucher.

Snowflake delivers exams through Pearson VUE, either online with OnVUE or at a Pearson VUE center. Online, you use your own computer, webcam and a stable connection, and you can't leave for a break. At a center you can step out, though exam time keeps counting. Test aids aren't allowed in either setting. Bring an unexpired government-issued photo ID with a signature that exactly matches the name on your certification account.

Your score report lands in your Pearson VUE candidate account, not the Snowflake portal, and it points to objectives worth reviewing. If you pass, expect an Accredible email with your badge within 5 business days. If you don't, Snowflake suggests using the 7 day wait to work on the areas the report flags.

Snowflake recommends a mix of hands-on experience, expert-led training and self-study for ARA-C01. The items it lists for this exam are Snowflake Architect Training and SnowPro Practice Exam: Architect. The practice exam is unproctored, costs $50, runs 65 minutes with at least 30 to 40 questions, and has to be started within 24 hours of buying it. It mirrors the live exam's domain weights but doesn't give a pass or fail.

Our study plan follows Snowflake's weights so your time goes where the points are. Class opens with domain 1.0, Accounts and Security, which is 25% of the exam. Then we work through Snowflake Architecture (2.0). At 30%, it's the heaviest domain, so it gets the most labs and practice questions. Next is Data Engineering, worth 25%. We close with Performance Optimization, worth 20%. Each block ends with exam-style questions and a short review of what people missed.

Renewal works through Snowflake's Continuing Education program. You can renew SnowPro Advanced: Architect by completing one eligible Snowflake expert-led course or by earning an equivalent or higher-level SnowPro certification. Either one extends the credential two years from the completion or pass date, and it has to happen on or before your expiration date. Only ILT courses completed after June 9, 2025 count. For this certification, Snowflake lists these certification options: SnowPro Advanced: Administrator, SnowPro Advanced: Architect, SnowPro Advanced: Data Analyst, SnowPro Advanced: Data Engineer, SnowPro Advanced: Data Scientist, SnowPro Advanced: Security Engineer and SnowPro Advanced: MLOps Engineer. The eligible ILT courses it lists are Administering Snowflake, Administering Snowflake II, Snowflake Advanced, Snowflake Architect, Snowflake Data Engineer, Snowflake Data Engineer II, Snowflake Python Data Engineering and Snowflake Security Training.

Other SnowPro courses we teach: SnowPro Core, SnowPro Advanced: Administrator, SnowPro Advanced: Data Engineer and SnowPro Specialty: Gen AI. Core is the prerequisite for every Advanced exam, so many students take it first.